[tex-live] mf segfault

Nelson H. F. Beebe beebe at math.utah.edu
Tue Dec 21 17:33:19 CET 2004 

Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org> reports on Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:45:25 -0500:

>> mf "\mode=proof; \input feta20"
>> FWIW, this does seg fault for me on red hat 9 (libc 2.3.2, it seems),
>> after less than five minutes at "classical quarter rest".

The feta20.mf file comes from the GNU lilypond-2.4.1 package on my
system.  I've just successfully run the above mf command with our
default mf:

	This is METAFONT, Version 2.71 (C version 6.1.2)

and also with the 2003 TeXlive release:

	This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.2)

Both completed quickly without problems.

I then tried the 2004 TeXlive release:

	This is METAFONT, Version 2.71828 (Web2C 7.5.3)

It too ran to completion in just 2.45 sec wallclock time on a Pentium
III 600MHz system running Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 3
(Taroon Update 3).  Here is what uname says:

	% uname -a
	Linux XXXXXXX.math.utah.edu 2.4.21-20.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Aug 18 20:46:40 EDT 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Just to be sure that we have the same test data, here are MD5
checksums of the Metafont files that my tests used (their filesystem
dates range from 1998-11-26 08:27 to 2004-10-24 15:27):

	% md5sum feta*.mf
	2a44ba70551626e012314a285f632faa  feta11.mf
	03e3b574f4f5aeb7e00430c8d129931f  feta13.mf
	a8f7aa2c3c28e4b14753525deccab46b  feta14.mf
	396672bee3eaf19aa46814159f35f7dd  feta16.mf
	a852c88c05808263f0d6968c6c9efeaf  feta18.mf
	755f88056dd1bc101675d68b6dc6477a  feta20.mf
	b3ac6563424143f97f1530e70c005f94  feta23.mf
	26f3720869ab965b9015669b661c1832  feta26.mf
	37de8d2237d1b9f7f59fabc42324210b  feta-accordion.mf
	5cd325bb585389af6e3cedab7a71c7f5  feta-autometric.mf
	fa939390ca24e41441ce4107cd183b98  feta-banier.mf
	3f8e88791c273c67b28d9c5a20438a3b  feta-beugel.mf
	4fef7bdc8be0dc58f030a967c5ecf49f  feta-beum.mf
	9d4f34336be748654a2dacbffd1e4a01  feta-bolletjes.mf
	8be84ec0f10f2f83b22420859bd590b4  feta-braces-a.mf
	a89a3d321bbc67421ede0f064a715c27  feta-braces-b.mf
	d723e5aed0492d02cc63e3d35c20608f  feta-braces-c.mf
	fd5e7a1afc3b594e77aef2efb9ec0c19  feta-braces-d.mf
	1ff768b7bf01d00d8bff533f5ded27cd  feta-braces-e.mf
	02abf21e9cd2be69d12b12da33ddb02b  feta-braces-f.mf
	c9ee0749e66a4c067847ad7713c60c49  feta-braces-g.mf
	49644f455734ef8ba31996988676da49  feta-braces-h.mf
	209cd21282c9334d6c4b24f457c3fc78  feta-braces-i.mf
	73a3bd36e2d97702e7e3148953f8826b  feta-din10.mf
	e4f501af9fcc2861905abd14fdf474ae  feta-din12.mf
	0244a13e1f4a2b3ac9243d444bac39ce  feta-din14.mf
	00cfe310ed77b776729731f8b859a7e0  feta-din17.mf
	30a58ac811d68fd25afb8b87010a56cd  feta-din6.mf
	4753113a62b03ff500f460e611961db7  feta-din8.mf
	32375f4965fd46c067609da9d1bbd9c3  feta-din-code.mf
	cf31b19311ce8999bb86b2c2350909e2  feta-din.mf
	bc5780c1ff80f6422023e1e5ce3c2fb1  feta-eindelijk.mf
	71a44405e203bbe1cffc44d80bcb6fc9  feta-generic.mf
	69cf0ac9d6ef079d94b96afa170e4604  feta-haak.mf
	5ffd6bfd02795ce5a52d4a0542165f92  feta-harmonica.mf
	ca0b840974e01f892758c03bc5c72d95  feta-ital-f.mf
	1a0c29453345bb08eafa15f0c391c501  feta-ital-m.mf
	7c270b4ce2f07ebd6d1dc07c091df6c8  feta-ital-p.mf
	64f7c60d8fcf738ca8177052bf89706a  feta-ital-r.mf
	93bd52758b5290895a07c2b86eefd832  feta-ital-s.mf
	6339de4962a460e75775f0d76e936bbb  feta-ital-z.mf
	4c241851f47a7e43528a82b515ab626f  feta-klef.mf
	1938c80a556c295fe4c3cad0a876ded1  feta-macros.mf
	1b89a67299e9089d0c2922eec6375a72  feta-nummer10.mf
	5376c267d022efff34037a6fed5d73a1  feta-nummer12.mf
	a4aad231a9d66515014d71a8f9e68afc  feta-nummer16.mf
	44034c59b0c999cac5be3b5160420b90  feta-nummer20.mf
	7ea30c3a39d953a3f9285b7965c34cb1  feta-nummer23.mf
	94f1b514c4ad039c1cb66c5ccaca1a83  feta-nummer26.mf
	1688090ce83ab3fc6a26237535173838  feta-nummer4.mf
	460a8965f50048198abda42caa29356f  feta-nummer6.mf
	768bb664ec52698cb1207ba1b98a94bd  feta-nummer8.mf
	43166007e44de6d6060b17496ca3b250  feta-nummer-code.mf
	b46e8d3ccf62050f321c97b90de27eb0  feta-nummer.mf
	958aeac0f00e382891eefc99492ad92c  feta-params.mf
	e10112c8fb119f7593d96116d6c76873  feta-pendaal.mf
	161330d3380095282452c556ae3ef665  feta-puntje.mf
	a6423e806f842ad100eeeb5f174d5dd1  feta-schrift.mf
	19b59a3721c6555393d38af213869a3e  feta-slag.mf
	58add64b90d4b3b82a5651aed2713ac4  feta-solfa.mf
	8f48fa256a5c92202f4923c9c141d5b0  feta-test11.mf
	771accd4ea86b12308f8d56cd248f01d  feta-test13.mf
	b3ff743dfcfe28b5db1480cf869a2023  feta-test16.mf
	871a1452f9c22520c26621581f807daa  feta-test20.mf
	139deb22e62cdc3e8c24cce4b43c920d  feta-test23.mf
	5debcb790509bc9c4db3cdd3803f6f08  feta-test26.mf
	4d417d08834b1a4250394cc1c89b97c3  feta-test-generic.mf
	029b2fef84d4dd0a2219fe023c42e7fd  feta-timesig.mf
	087e179f2ccc33be3bf74c5c0f8cc3cc  feta-toevallig.mf

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